ISO 14915-3 : 2002

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Application of this part of ISO 14915
   4.1 Intended user groups
   4.2 Applying the recommendations
   4.3 Reporting conformance of this part of ISO 14915
5 General guidelines for media selection and combination
   5.1 General
   5.2 Supporting user tasks
   5.3 Supporting communication goals
   5.4 Ensuring compatibility with the users' understanding
   5.5 Selecting media appropriate for the users' characteristics
   5.6 Supporting users' preferences
   5.7 Considering the context of use
   5.8 Using redundancy for critical information
   5.9 Avoiding conflicting perceptual channels
   5.10 Avoiding semantic conflicts
   5.11 Designing for simplicity
   5.12 Combining media for different viewpoints
   5.13 Choosing media combinations to elaborate information
   5.14 Guarding against degradation
   5.15 Previewing media selections
   5.16 Using static media for important messages
6 Media selection for information types
   6.1 General
   6.2 Consider information types
   6.3 Consider multiple-information types
   6.4 Selecting and combining media
        6.4.1 Physical information
        6.4.2 Conceptual information
        6.4.3 Descriptive information
        6.4.4 Spatial information
        6.4.5 Value information
        6.4.6 Relationship information
        6.4.7 Discrete action information
        6.4.8 Continuous action information
        6.4.9 Event information
        6.4.10 State information
        6.4.11 Casual information
        6.4.12 Procedural information
7 Media integration
   7.1 General
   7.2 Design issues
   7.3 Media integration guidelines
        7.3.1 General
        7.3.2 Advance organizers
        7.3.3 Synchronized, related media
        7.3.4 Separating audio content sources
        7.3.5 Avoiding interference in audio media
        7.3.6 Limiting speech interruptions in audio and
               language-based media
        7.3.7 Integrating non-realistic images with
               realistic images
        7.3.8 Use of captions with images
8 Directing users' attention
   8.1 General
   8.2 Direct-contact points for key thematic links
   8.3 Direct-contact points for linked components
   8.4 Indirect-contact points
   8.5 Sequence of contact points to connect a thread of
        topics
   8.6 Guidelines for contact points between media pairs
        8.6.1 General
        8.6.2 Source medium: realistic audio
        8.6.3 Source medium: non-realistic audio
        8.6.4 Source medium: speech
        8.6.5 Source medium: still image
        8.6.6 Source medium: text
        8.6.7 Source medium: moving image
Annex A (informative) Decision trees for classification
        of types
Annex B (informative) Guidelines for media-combination
        pairs
Annex C (informative) Examples of media-combination
        patterns
Annex D (informative) Design issues and cognitive
        background
Bibliography

Defines recommendations for, and guidance on, the design, selection and combination of interactive user interfaces that integrate and synchronize different media.